Reting Monastery

Reting
Tibetan transcription(s)
Wylie transliteration: rwa sgreng gom pa
Other transcriptions: Radreng
Reting Monastery building
Religion
AffiliationTibetan Buddhism
SectGelug
(formerly Kadam)
Location
LocationReting Tsampo Valley, north of Lhasa, Lhünzhub County
CountryTibet
Reting Monastery is located in Tibet
Reting Monastery
Shown within Tibet
Geographic coordinates30°18′36″N 91°30′47″E / 30.31000°N 91.51306°E / 30.31000; 91.51306
Architecture
FounderDromtön
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Reting Monastery in 1950 before its destruction. The main temple and assembly hall are in the centre of the complex topped by a gilded roof. Photo taken by Hugh Edward Richardson.
Reting Monastery in 2009

Reting Monastery (Wylie: rwa sgreng gom pa) is an historically important Buddhist monastery in Lhünzhub County in Lhasa, Ü-Tsang, Tibet. It is also commonly spelled "Radreng."[1]

  1. ^ Grayb Tuttle, Kurtis R. Schaeffer, The Tibetan History Reader, Columbia University Press, 2013, p. 712 (Index): "Radreng (Reting, Gelukpa monastery northeast of Lhasa), Rwa sgreng)."